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This book is selling incredibly well by word of mouth, but despite a four month publicity campaign, received NO national coverage: https://beltpublishing.com/collections/new-releases/products/the-last-children-of-mill-creek">https://beltpublishing.com/collectio...
a gorgeously written memoir by a 70 year old Black woman about living in a segregated neighborhood that was razed for urban renewal seemed, we thought, a book someone might want to cover nationally. Especially with all the "we need more books like this" gestures by those outlets.
Especially when we promoted it during that "publishing has a problem!" "publishing needs more black and brown authors!" American Dirt moment.
so maybe instead of now yelling "big publishing stop publishing racist books!" critics and reviewers could start **covering** books by small publishes publishing books about racism by Black authors.
Meanwhile, I& #39;m done hitting my head against the wall. This book, like other @belt_publishing titles we have published, is selling very well by word of mouth despite lack of coverage. I am done putting our resources into trying to chase you guys.
And BLESS YOU ST LOUIS MEDIA who have done a series of thoughtful, in-depth pieces about @viviangibson72 and her extraordinary book.
St. Louis readers and media put the book on the bestseller& #39;s list for indie bookstores in that city, and during a pandemic.
If you have ever tweeted a picture of your overflowing pile of galleys: we put a ton of money and labor into sending you this book.
I& #39;m angry for many reasons of course, today, and I& #39;m going to express it, and do so while staying in my lane. I know this is not the most important thing in your feed right now.
Of course, pub dates don& #39;t mean shit. Go ahead! Review it now! We have all the publicity information you would like. @viviangibson72 is an extraordinary interview. We will send you a free copy.
Soon we will start promoting this title, which publishes in September. I have no confidence we will hear back from 99% of the people on our media list. https://beltpublishing.com/collections/pre-order/products/black-in-the-middle">https://beltpublishing.com/collectio...
